"Good morning." Miss Blake greeted the class as she walked into the chemistry class.
"It is way too early for her to be this happy." I muttered as I dropped my head on the desk between Scott and Stiles, preparing to take a nap.
"As you all know, Mr. Harris is still missing-I mean, sick. Anyway, I'm filling in while we all hope and pray for a more qualified substitute to take my place. Okay, so let's get started, shall we?" She turned to the chalkboard to begin the lesson as Stiles turned to Scott and me.
"Hey, my dad said that the ER attending wasn't strangled but did die from asphyxiation." Stiles whispered to us. "They just don't know how."
"Do you think the on-call doctor could still be alive?" Scott asked.
"I don't know...but, Scott, there's got to be at least twenty other doctors in that hospital-at least, you know?" Scott nodded his head in agreement. "Any one of them could be next." Scott's phone buzzed in his pocket and he quickly pulled it out to see the caller was Deaton. He leaned down behind the desk to answer it.
"Hey, Doc. Sorry, I'm in class right now. Can I call you back later?" I perked my ears to listen for Deaton's response.
"Unfortunately, no." Deaton answered. "I honestly thought I might never have to burden you and Calla like this, but I'm afraid at the moment, you two are my only hope. I'm going to be taken. I need you two to find me." The phone clicked as the other line went dead and there was silence.
"Doc, Doc, Doc, Doc? What's happening?"
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Scott and I pulled up to the Animal Clinic at the same time. We left class the second that the bell rang and drove over here as fast as we could. I swung my leg off over my bike and threw my helmet off, not even bothering to hang it on the handles. I bolted to the entrance of the clinic with Scott right behind me. We walked inside and stopped to see my dad and Stiles' dad at the front counter. They turned to look at us as soon as we walked in.
"How did you know?" I asked Jake.
"Stiles called me as soon as you two left school." Deputy answered. "I'm sorry. Your boss's car is still here, and the back door was wide open."
"Callana..." Jake said as he took a step towards me. "I need you to tell me everything."
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"All right," Jake said, touching my shoulder lightly after concluding with his deputy about what Scott and I told him. In the process of that, Stiles came for moral support. "We're gonna do everything we can. Right now, the best thing you can do is go back to school." I nodded in agreement and he turned back to Deputy. Scott tapped Stiles and my arms and started walking to the cat kennel with us behind him. He closed the door and turned to us.
"We have to tell them." Scott said.
"You mean, like, tell them, tell them, or tell them something else that isn't telling them what I think you want to tell them?" Stiles questioned him.
"You know what I mean."
"You remember how your mom reacted?" I asked Scott. "She didn't look you in the eye for, like, a week."
"And she got over it. And-and it actually made us closer."
"I don't know, dude." Stiles said. "I mean, look at them. "Come on, they're completely overwhelmed as it is."
"They're overwhelmed because they have no clue what's happening. They got people dying in their town, the town that they're supposed to protect, and it's not their fault that they don't know what's happening. They're gonna find out sooner or later."
"Yeah, but is now really the right time?" I asked.
"What if not telling him now gets someone else killed?"
"What if telling them gets them killed, huh?" Stiles retorted and I nodded my head in agreement, crossing my arms over my chest. "I mean, okay, look, I get that Deaton's been like a father to you. I get that, okay? But this is m-Scott, these are our actual fathers. I can't...I can't lose both of my parents, all right? Not both of them."
"You're right." I sighed and looked down at my feet, shuffling them against the floor.
"No, we're not." I muttered. "We're not right. I'll tell my dad."
"I'll help you." Scott turned to the door while Stiles and I exchanged worried glances before following him out of the kennel. We stopped and stared in shock when we saw Ms. Morrell talking to Jake.
"Please, whatever you need, however you can help find my brother." She said.
"Will you excuse us for a moment?" Jake excused himself and turned to talk to Deputy as Ms. Morrell walked over to us.
"Okay, listen closely, the three of you. No sheriff, deputy or detective is going to be able to find him."
"You don't have to ask for help." Scott said.
"Actually, I'm trying to help you. Because, if you're going to find my brother, then you need to use the one person who might actually have an ability to seek out the supernatural." Stiles sighed beside us and hung his head.
"Lydia." He murmured.
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Stiles and Scott went ahead of me to the school after I told them I would catch up with them after I sent a text to Isaac and Boyd telling to get to Derek's ASAP and hold fort until I got there after school. I reached down to pick my helmet off the ground before kicking the bike stand up and swinging my right leg over the bike, balancing the bike between my legs. Just as I was about to put my helmet on, a hand clamped over my mouth and pulled me off the bike. I dropped the helmet and reached behind me to try to pry the hands away from me. Another set of hands grabbed my arms and pulled them back down in front of me and Aiden's face appeared in front of me. My heart skipped beats as I looked up to see the other person Ethan. I growled at both of them and raised my left knee to knee Aiden in the stomach. He doubled over and let go of me giving me the chance to pivot on my left foot while throwing my right leg up to kick Ethan in the face. Three icy claws scraped my back and I felt the burning sensation come as the blood dripped down my back. I cried out in pain and turned to try to rake my claws over Aiden's face but he caught my wrist and bent it back. Clenching my teeth to stop me from crying out again, I try to hit him again with my free arm but he caught it too. Another set of claws landed on my back again as Ethan tried to weaken me. I roared in Aiden's face, showing my canines and flashing my red eyes. I whimpered as the wounds on my back drained me and my legs collasped underneath me, leaving me hanging by my wrists in Aiden's grip. I looked up at him, my fangs shortening and my eyes returning to normal. He grabbed me by the throat and lifted me up to eye level before slamming his forehead against mine, leaving me to black out.
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A throbbing pain in my head awoke me and I grimaced when I felt the pain of the wounds on my back again. I looked around in the darkness and struggled against whatever was holding my arms but quickly realized that Aiden and Ethan were still holding onto me. Kali was in front of me standing in front of a large metal door. The large metal door to Derek's loft. This was it. This was going to be the fight to the death and they were going to use me as a motivation for Derek. Kali opened the door and stepped in while Aiden and Ethan held me back just outside the door.
"Gonna be honest, Derek." Kali said. "When Ennis died, I thought to myself I'd just go for it. Find you and kill you, wherever you stood. Then I remembered how you surround yourself with these teenagers, hiding behind them, and I thought, 'what's a girl got to do to get you alone?'" Ethan grapped my throat with his right hand, his nails digging into my neck. His left hand gripped my wrist while Aiden's hand twisted into my hair, pulling me up and keeping my other wrist in his free hand. I whimpered in pain as they dragged me to the opening of the loft. Derek stood on the other side of the loft, eyes glowing with Isaac and Boyd behind him standing in ankle deep water. Derek's face went from complete anger at Kali for breaking in to complete fear and worry as he looked over at me. Kali turned back to Derek. "You and me, Derek, or they tear her apart. What do you say? You think you can beat me one on one?" Derek gave a quick cock of his head signaling Isaac and Boyd to leave. They stalked off to the side without a second thought.
"I'm gonna rip your throat out with my teeth." Derek growled. Kali growled at him and he roared back before leaping at her, slamming his right hand down on her face.
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Derek raked his claws at Kali's stomach but she twirled around him and he quickly followed her lead to face her again. They repeated the moved with the same results and Derek growled in frustration as he couldn't land a single hit on the agile alpha female. I began crying as I feared for Derek's life. I struggled against Ethan and Aiden's grip, wanting to protect Derek but their grip just got tighter on me. Two alpha males against one alpha female and it wasn't a full moon. The odds were not in my favor. Kali swiped her leg under Derek's feet but he jumped in time, making her kick up only a wave of water. She ducked under his flailing arm and took her chance of scratching him on the chest.
"Derek!" I screamed, fighting against the twins again. Kali jumped up against a wall, kicking off from it to turn around and scrape her toenail against his cheek. "Derek! Please, no!" I sobbed as my struggles became weaker and weaker. Kali stood on the table and as Derek lunged at her, she kicked him back causing him to fall face first into the water. Derek got on his hands and knees and looked up at me. I was sobbing so I hard, I couldn't even see the expression on his face. Kali climbed off the table and kicked Derek in the stomach making him flip into the air but he landed gracefully on his feet. "Derek!" My voice sounded high and crisp as I screamed his name at the top of my lungs. Isaac made a move to come to my rescue but Derek called him off.
"No!" He shouted before turning his attention back to Kali and attacking her. He raised his hand to bring it down on her head but she brought her arm up to protect her and keep him away. He roared in frustration as she grabbed his other hand to stop him from making another move. She kneed him in the left side as she let go of him and stepped back. Derek slammed his fist into her chest causing her to stumble back a few steps. She flipped into the air, bringing her foot down on Derek's shoulder as she landed. He growled and stumbled back into the water on his back. Kali turned him on his stomach and grabbed his hair, pulling him to his feet and bent his arm behind his back. Boyd ran at Kali, pushing her away from Derek as Isaac raced across the water and up the steps, pulling me free from the twins' grip. Ethan and Aiden started to walk down the steps to help Kali but stopped with electricity crackled through the water. Isaac wrapped his arm around my waist to stop me from running into the water. The three werewolves in the water howled with pain.
"Derek!" I pulled against Isaac's grip but he held on tighter as I collasped to the ground and sobbed. As the electricity died down, Kali stood up, standing over Derek and Boyd who were still cringing in pain.
"Take him!" Kali barked at the twins, pointing to Derek as she grabbed Boyd and stood him up. Ethan and Aiden grabbed each of Derek's arms and made him kneel on his knees, holding his arms out in front of him, his claws pointing at Boyd. Kali picked Boyd up and dropped him onto Derek's claws, his claws pentrating the skin deep enough to puncture each of the lungs. Kali sighed and turned her back on them as she began to walk through the water to the entrance of the loft with Aiden and Ethan behind her as Derek took his claws out of Boyd. "I'm giving you till the next full moon, Callana. Make the smart choice. Join the pack...or next time I'm killing all of you." They left the loft and I pulled free from Isaac and ran across the water, sending up waterdrops as I skidded to a halt beside Derek. Derek's hands shook violently as he tried to apply pressure to the claw marks.
"It's okay." Boyd breathed.
"No, no." Derek panted, his voice full of fear and guilt. "No, it's not. It's not."
"It's all okay, Derek."
"I'm-I'm sorry."
"The full moon. That feeling...that was worth it. There's a lunar eclipse. I always wondered what...what that felt like for one of us. For a werewolf." Stiles, Lydia and Cora entered the loft as Boyd fell back into the water, taking his last breath. Derek stared wide eyed at Boyd's body in shock, his hands still trembling in front of him.
"Hey," I whispered to him as I took his hands in mine. His eyes stayed fixated on the body. Cora came splashing through the water and crouched down next to Boyd and began to cry, burying her face into his chest. Derek leaned against me, placing his face into my right shoulder, his arm snaking around me to pull me tightly against him. I dug my fingertips into his glossy wet black hair and pressed my temple against his as we mourned our loss together.